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Usage of the character 田

tián
[田]
  • field
  • farm
  • CL:片 (piàn)
Tián
[田]
  • surname Tian
sāntián
三田
[三田]
  • 3 annual hunting bouts
  • 3 qi points
tiánliù
田鹨
[田鷚]
  • (bird species of China) Richard's pipit (Anthus richardi)
liángtián
良田
[良田]
  • good agricultural land
  • fertile land
tiánmǔ
田亩
[田畝]
  • field
xuètián
血田
[血田]
  • field of blood
  • battlefield
  • hateful place
  • Aceldama (field bought by Judas Iscariot with his 30 pieces of silver in Matthew 27:7)
tiánshǔ
田鼠
[田鼠]
  • vole
Fēngtián
丰田
[豐田]
  • Toyota or Toyoda (name)
  • Toyota, Japanese car make
yántián
盐田
[鹽田]
  • saltpan
miántián
棉田
[棉田]
  • cotton field
Shítián
石田
[石田]
  • Ishida (Japanese surname and place name)
Zhútián
竹田
[竹田]
  • Chutien township in Pingtung County 屏東縣/屏东县 ( Píngdōng Xiàn), Taiwan
tiándì
田地
[田地]
  • field
  • farmland
  • cropland
  • plight
  • extent
Chéngtián
成田
[成田]
  • Narita (Japanese surname and place name)
Lántián
蓝田
[藍田]
  • Lantian county in Xi'an 西安 ( Xī'ān), Shaanxi
Nèitián
内田
[內田]
  • Uchida (Japanese surname)
Dàtián
大田
[大田]
  • Datian, a county in Sanming City 三明市 ( Sānming Shì), Fujian
  • Daejeon Metropolitan City, capital of South Chungcheong Province 忠清南道 ( Zhongqingnāndāo), South Korea
yóutián
油田
[油田]
  • oil field
féitián
肥田
[肥田]
  • fertile land
  • to fertilize the soil
tītián
梯田
[梯田]
  • stepped fields
  • terracing
Sēntián
森田
[森田]
  • Morita (Japanese surname)
Tiánzhōng
田中
[田中]
  • Tianzhong Township in Changhua County 彰化縣/彰化县 ( Zhānghuā Xiàn), Taiwan
  • Tanaka (Japanese surname)
Hétián
和田
[和田]
  • Hotan, city and prefecture in Xinjiang
  • Wada (Japanese surname and place name)
Tiánwén
田文
[田文]
  • birth name of Lord Menchang of Qi, Chancellor of Qi and Wei during the Warring States Period (475-221 BC)
Tián Hàn
田汉
[田漢]
  • Tian Han (1898-1968), author of the words of the PRC national anthem March of the Volunteer Army 義勇軍進行曲/义勇军进行曲
Tiánwān
田湾
[田灣]
  • Tianwan in Lianyungang 連雲港/连云港, site of large nuclear power plant
yāngtián
秧田
[秧田]
  • rice seedling bed
tiánluó
田螺
[田螺]
  • river snail
tiányuán
田园
[田園]
  • fields
  • countryside
  • rural
  • bucolic
Shāntián
山田
[山田]
  • Yamada (Japanese surname)
tiánjiān
田间
[田間]
  • field
  • farm
  • farming area
  • village
tiánmò
田陌
[田陌]
  • path between fields
  • fields
Téngtián
藤田
[藤田]
  • Fujita (Japanese surname)
Tiánwěi
田尾
[田尾]
  • Tianwei or Tienwei Township in Changhua County 彰化縣/彰化县 ( Zhānghuà Xiàn), Taiwan
Jítián
吉田
[吉田]
  • Yoshida (Japanese surname and place name)
Tàitián
太田
[太田]
  • Ohta or Ōta (Japanese surname)
Yútián
于田
[於田]
  • Yutian County in Hotan Prefecture 和田地區/和田地区 ( Hétián Dìqū), Xinjiang
yàntián
砚田
[硯田]
  • ink stone
  • writing as a livelihood
Xīntián
新田
[新田]
  • Xintian county in Yongzhou 永州 ( Yǒngzhōu), Hunan
Cháitián
柴田
[柴田]
  • Shibata (Japanese surname and place name)
fútián
福田
[福田]
  • field for growing happiness
  • domain for practices leading to enlightenment (Buddhism)
qìtián
气田
[氣田]
  • gas field
Pútián
莆田
[莆田]
  • Putian, prefecture-level city in Fujian
dàotián
稻田
[稻田]
  • paddy field
  • rice paddy
tiánqī
田七
[田七]
  • pseudo-ginseng
  • radix notoginseng
tiányě
田野
[田野]
  • field
  • open land
  • CL:片 (piàn)
Qiūtián
秋田
[秋田]
  • Akita prefecture of north Japan
tiánwú
田鹀
[田鵐]
  • (bird species of China) rustic bunting (Emberiza rustica)
Tiányíng
田营
[田營]
  • Tianying city in Anhui, having lead processing plants that produce substantial pollution
Chítián
池田
[池田]
  • Ikeda (Japanese surname)
jǐngtián
井田
[井田]
  • the well-field system of ancient China
Qīngtián
青田
[青田]
  • Qingtian county in Lishui 麗水/丽水 ( Líshuǐ), Zhejiang
Tiánliáo
田寮
[田寮]
  • Tianliao or Tienliao township in Kaohsiung county 高雄縣/高雄县 ( Gāoxióngxiàn), southwest Taiwan
dāntián
丹田
[丹田]
  • pubic region
  • point two inches below the navel where one's qi resides
Yùtián
玉田
[玉田]
  • Yutian county in Tangshan 唐山 ( Tángshān), Hebei
tiánjìng
田径
[田徑]
  • track and field (athletics)
Sāntián
三田
[三田]
  • Mita, Sanda, Mitsuda etc (Japanese surname or place name)
Shàngtián
上田
[上田]
  • Ueda (Japanese surname and place name)
Shātián
沙田
[沙田]
  • Sha Tin town in New Territories, Hong Kong
gēngtián
耕田
[耕田]
  • to cultivate soil
  • to till fields
Cūntián
村田
[村田]
  • Murata (Japanese surname)
Gāngtián
冈田
[岡田]
  • Okada (Japanese surname)
tiánliè
田猎
[田獵]
  • to hunt
shuǐtián
水田
[水田]
  • paddy field; rice paddy
Tiányáng
田阳
[田陽]
  • Tianyang county in Baise 百色 ( Bǎisè), Guangxi
bótián
薄田
[薄田]
  • barren field
  • poor land
lǔtián
卤田
[鹵田]
  • a saltpan
tiányì
田役
[田役]
  • farm work
tiánshè
田舍
[田舍]
  • farmhouse
tiángěng
田埂
[田埂]
  • embankment between fields
Tiándōng
田东
[田東]
  • Tiandong county in Baise 百色 ( Bǎisè), Guangxi
nóngtián
农田
[農田]
  • farmland
  • cultivated land
Qiántián
前田
[前田]
  • Maeda (Japanese surname)
Gǔtián
古田
[古田]
  • Gutian county in Ningde 寧德/宁德 ( Níngdé), Fujian
Bīntián
滨田
[濱田]
  • Hamada (name)
tiántǔ
田土
[田土]
  • farmland
Wǔtián
武田
[武田]
  • Takeda (Japanese surname)
Yuántián
原田
[原田]
  • Harada (Japanese surname)
Yántián
盐田
[鹽田]
  • Yantian district of Shenzhen City 深圳市, Guangdong
Tiáncūn
田村
[田村]
  • Tamura (Japanese surname and place name)
Gāotián
高田
[高田]
  • Takada (Japanese surname)
méitián
煤田
[煤田]
  • a coalfield
zhòngtián
种田
[種田]
  • to farm
  • farming
Zēngtián
增田
[增田]
  • Masuda (Japanese surname)
Tiánlín
田林
[田林]
  • Tianlin county in Baise 百色 ( Bǎisè), Guangxi
Luótián
罗田
[羅田]
  • Luotian county in Huanggang 黃岡/黄冈 ( Huánggāng), Hubei
Yǔtián
羽田
[羽田]
  • Haneda (one of the two main airports serving Tokyo)
tiándōng
田鸫
[田鶇]
  • (bird species of China) fieldfare (Turdus pilaris)
Sōngtián
松田
[松田]
  • Matsuda (Japanese surname)
xīntián
心田
[心田]
  • heart (one's innermost being)
Tián Liàng
田亮
[田亮]
  • Tian Liang (1979-), former male Chinese diver, Olympic medalist
tiánjī
田鸡
[田雞]
  • frog
  • the Chinese edible frog (Hoplobatrachus rugulosus)
Fútián
福田
[福田]
  • Futian district of Shenzhen City 深圳市, Guangdong
  • Fukuda (Japanese surname)
Zhítián
植田
[植田]
  • Ueda (Japanese surname and place name)
tiánchǎn
田产
[田產]
  • estate
  • lands
tiánsài
田赛
[田賽]
  • field events (athletics competition)
Běntián
本田
[本田]
  • Honda (Japanese name)
Guāntián
官田
[官田]
  • Guantian, the name of townships in various locations
  • Guantian, a district in Tainan 台南/台南 ( Táinán), Taiwan
tiánfù
田赋
[田賦]
  • land tax
huātiánjī
花田鸡
[花田雞]
  • (bird species of China) Swinhoe's rail (Coturnicops exquisitus)
Yùtiánxiàn
玉田县
[玉田縣]
  • Yutian county in Tangshan 唐山 ( Tángshān), Hebei
Tiánlínxiàn
田林县
[田林縣]
  • Tianlin county in Baise 百色 ( Bǎisè), Guangxi
dàotiánliù
稻田鹨
[稻田鷚]
  • (bird species of China) paddyfield pipit (Anthus rufulus)
Qīngtiánxiàn
青田县
[青田縣]
  • Qingtian county in Lishui 麗水/丽水 ( Líshuǐ), Zhejiang
Tiánzhōng Zhèn
田中镇
[田中鎮]
  • Tianzhong or Tienchung Town in Changhua County 彰化縣/彰化县 ( Zhānghuà Xiàn), Taiwan
Tiánjiā'ān
田家庵
[田家庵]
  • Tianjia'an, a district of Huainan City 淮南市 ( Huáinán Shì), Anhui
Hétián Hé
和田河
[和田河]
  • Hotan River in Xinjiang
tiángéběn
田格本
[田格本]
  • exercise book for practicing Chinese character handwriting (each page being a grid of blank cells divided into quadrants, like the character 田)
Tiányángxiàn
田阳县
[田陽縣]
  • Tianyang county in Baise 百色 ( Bǎisè), Guangxi
Dàtiánshì
大田市
[大田市]
  • Daejeon Metropolitan City, capital of South Chungcheong Province 忠清南道 ( Zhōngqīngnándào), South Korea
Gǔtiánxiàn
古田县
[古田縣]
  • Gutian county in Ningde 寧德/宁德 ( Níngdé), Fujian
Tiánliáoxiāng
田寮乡
[田寮鄉]
  • Tianliao or Tienliao township in Kaohsiung county 高雄縣/高雄县 ( Gāoxióngxiàn), southwest Taiwan
Lántiánxiàn
蓝田县
[藍田縣]
  • Lantian county in Xi'an 西安 ( Xī'ān), Shaanxi
Jīntiáncūn
金田村
[金田村]
  • Jintian village in Guiping county 桂平 ( Guìpíng), Gveigangj or Guigang prefecture 貴港/贵港 ( Guìgǎng), Guangxi, starting point of the Taiping Tianguo 太平天國/太平天国 ( Tàipíng Tiānguó) rebellion in 1851
Hétián Xiàn
和田县
[和田縣]
  • Hotan County in Xinjiang
Yántiánqū
盐田区
[鹽田區]
  • Yantian district of Shenzhen City 深圳市, Guangdong
Mùtiányù
慕田峪
[慕田峪]
  • Mutianyu, well-preserved section of the Great Wall 70km from Beijing
Hétiányù
和田玉
[和田玉]
  • nephrite
  • Hotan jade
Hétián Shì
和田市
[和田市]
  • Hotan, a major oasis town in southwestern Xinjiang
Tiándōngxiàn
田东县
[田東縣]
  • Tiandong county in Baise 百色 ( Bǎisè), Guangxi
jǐngtiánzhì
井田制
[井田制]
  • well-field system
Luótiánxiàn
罗田县
[羅田縣]
  • Luotian county in Huanggang 黃岡/黄冈 ( Huánggāng), Hubei
Pútiánshì
莆田市
[莆田市]
  • Putian, prefecture-level city in Fujian
Qiūtiánxiàn
秋田县
[秋田縣]
  • Akita prefecture, northeast Japan
Tiánnàxī
田纳西
[田納西]
  • Tennessee
Tián Chánglín
田长霖
[田長霖]
  • Chang-lin Tien (1935-2002), Chinese-American professor and chancellor of the University of California, Berkeley 1990-1997
Ahuátián
阿华田
[阿華田]
  • Ovaltine (brand)
Yútián Xiàn
于田县
[於田縣]
  • Yutian County in Hotan Prefecture 和田地區/和田地区 ( Hétián Dìqū), Xinjiang
shuǐtiánjiè
水田芥
[水田芥]
  • watercress
Fútiánqū
福田区
[福田區]
  • Futian district of Shenzhen City 深圳市, Guangdong
jūntiánzhì
均田制
[均田制]
  • equal-field system of Wei of the Northern dynasties 北魏 and Tang 唐 dynasties
xiǎotiánjī
小田鸡
[小田雞]
  • (bird species of China) Baillon's crake (Porzana pusilla)
Xīntiánxiàn
新田县
[新田縣]
  • Xintian county in Yongzhou 永州 ( Yǒngzhōu), Hunan
Dàtián Xiàn
大田县
[大田縣]
  • Datian, a county in Sanming City 三明市 ( Sānming Shì), Fujian
Zhútiánxiāng
竹田乡
[竹田鄉]
  • Chutien township in Pingtung County 屏東縣/屏东县 ( Píngdōng Xiàn), Taiwan
jītiánjī
姬田鸡
[姬田雞]
  • (bird species of China) little crake (Porzana parva)
tiánjìngsài
田径赛
[田徑賽]
  • track and field competition
Qítiánlǐng
骑田岭
[騎田嶺]
  • Qitian mountain range between south Hunan and Guangdong
féitiánfěn
肥田粉
[肥田粉]
  • ammonium sulfate fertilizer
Tiányíngshì
田营市
[田營市]
  • Tianying city in Anhui, having lead processing plants that produce substantial pollution
Chí Hàotián
迟浩田
[遲浩田]
  • Chi Haotian (1929-), Chinese Minister of National Defense 1993-2003
Tiánwěi Xiāng
田尾乡
[田尾鄉]
  • Tianwei or Tienwei Township in Changhua County 彰化縣/彰化县 ( Zhānghuà Xiàn), Taiwan
yóuqìtián
油气田
[油氣田]
  • oilfields and gasfields
Tián Jìsàimǎ
田忌赛马
[田忌賽馬]
  • Tian Ji races his horses (and accepts one loss in order to ensure two wins) (idiom)
tiánjìngyùndòng
田径运动
[田徑運動]
  • track and field sports
cānghǎisāngtián
沧海桑田
[滄海桑田]
  • lit. the blue sea turned into mulberry fields (idiom)
  • fig. the transformations of the world
Bīntián Jìngyī
滨田靖一
[濱田靖一]
  • HAMADA Yasukazu (1955-), Japanese defense minister from 2008
Jīntiánqǐyì
金田起义
[金田起義]
  • Jintian Uprising
dàotiánwěiyīng
稻田苇莺
[稻田葦鶯]
  • (bird species of China) paddyfield warbler (Acrocephalus agricola)
bóxièsāngtián
渤澥桑田
[渤澥桑田]
  • lit. blue seas where once was mulberry fields (idiom, from 史記/史记 ( Shǐjì), Record of the Grand Historian); time brings great changes
  • life's vicissitudes
Zhītián Xìncháng
织田信长
[織田信長]
  • ODA Nobunaga (1534-1582), Japanese shogun (warlord), played an important role in unifying Japan
sìyǎntiánjī
四眼田鸡
[四眼田雞]
  • four-eyes (facetious term for a person who wears glasses)
lántiánzhòngyù
蓝田种玉
[藍田種玉]
  • a marriage made in heaven (idiom)
bānxiétiánjī
斑胁田鸡
[斑脅田雞]
  • (bird species of China) band-bellied crake (Porzana paykullii)
Shítián Fāngfū
石田芳夫
[石田芳夫]
  • Ishida Yoshio (1948-), Japanese Go player
bānxiōngtiánjī
斑胸田鸡
[斑胸田雞]
  • (bird species of China) spotted crake (Porzana porzana)
Hétián Dìqū
和田地区
[和田地區]
  • Hotan Prefecture in Xinjiang
jiějiǎguītián
解甲归田
[解甲歸田]
  • to remove armor and return to the farm
  • to return to civilian life
hóngxiōngtiánjī
红胸田鸡
[紅胸田雞]
  • (bird species of China) ruddy-breasted crake (Porzana fusca)
Tiánjiā'ān Qū
田家庵区
[田家庵區]
  • Tianjia'an, a district of Huainan City 淮南市 ( Huáinán Shì), Anhui
Fútián Kāngfū
福田康夫
[福田康夫]
  • FUKUDA Yasuo (1936-), Japanese LDP politician, prime minister 2007-2008
guātiánlǐxià
瓜田李下
[瓜田李下]
  • abbr. for 瓜田不納履,李下不整冠/瓜田不纳履,李下不整冠 (guātiánbùnàlü,lǐxiàbùzhěngguān)
Tiánnàxīzhōu
田纳西州
[田納西州]
  • Tennessee
tiánjiānguǎnlǐ
田间管理
[田間管理]
  • land management
Guójì Tián Lián
国际田联
[國際田聯]
  • International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF)
  • abbr. for 國際田徑聯合會/国际田径联合会 ( Guójì Tiánjìng Liánhéhuì)
Chéngtián Jīchǎng
成田机场
[成田機場]
  • Narita Airport (Tokyo)
qiútiánwènshè
求田问舍
[求田問舍]
  • lit. to be interested exclusively in the acquisition of estate (idiom)
  • fig. to have no lofty aspirations in life
yàntiánzhīshí
砚田之食
[硯田之食]
  • to make a living by writing (idiom)
Tiánzhōng Jiǎoróng
田中角荣
[田中角榮]
  • Tanaka Kakuei (1918-1993), Japanese politician, prime minister 1972-1974
màitiánguàiquān
麦田怪圈
[麥田怪圈]
  • crop circle
zōngbèitiánjī
棕背田鸡
[棕背田雞]
  • (bird species of China) black-tailed crake (Porzana bicolor)
Yětián Jiāyàn
野田佳彦
[野田佳彥]
  • Noda Yoshihiko (1957-), prime minister of Japan 2011-2012
Dàtiánguǎngyùshì
大田广域市
[大田廣域市]
  • Daejeon Metropolitan City, capital of South Chungcheong Province 忠清南道 ( Zhōngqīngnándào), South Korea
Zǎodàotián Dàxué
早稻田大学
[早稻田大學]
  • Waseda University (private university in Tokyo)
Zhōnghuátiányuánquǎn
中华田园犬
[中華田園犬]
  • Chinese rural dog
  • indigenous dog
  • mongrel
gèngzhěyǒuqítián
耕者有其田
[耕者有其田]
  • "land to the tiller", post-Liberation land reform movement instigated by the CCP
Guójì Tiánjìng Liánhéhuì
国际田径联合会
[國際田徑聯合會]
  • International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF)
  • abbr. to 國際田聯/国际田联 ( Guójì Tián Lián)
zǎimàiyétiánbùxīnténg
崽卖爷田不心疼
[崽賣爺田不心疼]
  • lit. the child sells the father's farm without regret (idiom)
  • fig. to sell one's inheritance without a second thought for how hard one's forebears worked for it
féishuǐbùliúwàiréntián
肥水不流外人田
[肥水不流外人田]
  • lit. don't let one's own fertile water flow into others' field
  • fig. keep the goodies within the family (proverb)
guātiánbùnàlü,lǐxiàbùzhěngguān
瓜田不纳履,李下不整冠
[瓜田不納履,李下不整冠]
  • lit. don't tie your shoelaces in a melon patch, and don't adjust your hat under a plum tree (idiom)
  • fig. don't do anything that might arouse suspicion
  • innocent acts may be misconstrued